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To wonder what jobs the government are expecting people to get?

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Nosleepforthismum · 02/05/2024 23:12

Following on from the many, many threads about this. I’m genuinely wondering what jobs the government are expecting people who claim disability benefits to do, specifically those suffering with their mental health? From an employers perspective, it would be very difficult to run a successful business with an employee that took a lot of time off work. You’d need a job that had no deadlines and didn’t need a physical presence and I can’t think of many jobs off the top of my head.

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Meadowfinch · 03/05/2024 01:14

Since covid, there are far more work-from-home jobs that may suit people who have different issues.

For example, during covid, I underwent chemotherapy. There were days when I slept at lunchtimes and days when I struggled to pull a thought process together but because I could work my own hours through a week, I was able to make it work.

For those who have some forms of anxiety or agoraphobia, wfh may work well.

HelenaWaiting · 03/05/2024 00:47

I work full-time. I also receive PIP, because I have MS, fibromyalgia and a nasty heart condition. Being disabled is expensive in all sorts of ways. Getting rid of PIP would be Rishi Sunak helping me out of work, not into it.

ATerrorofLeftovers · 02/05/2024 23:17

They don’t expect them to get jobs, they merely need the rhetoric as cover to be able to pull the rug out from under people who are already suffering. .

XenoBitch · 02/05/2024 23:16

YANBU

I have not worked for 14 years. I have been sacked/managed out from most (including NHS). All my jobs were physical ones... the only time I touched a computer was to clean around it.

Yet, apparently I can walk into a WFH job with ease (according to some on MN), on the basis I am posting on MN to begin with.

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